THISTLE FLOWER: If you were a student of science, you are likely to remember your chemistry lab, after seeing the images I am attaching. A paticular type of funnel was created by man to perform certain experiment and it was named as Thisthle funnel as the funnel resembles the shape…
Ficus natalensis subsp. leprieurii (Miq.) C.C.Berg, Kew Bull. 43: 88 1988. (Syn: Ficus brevipedicellata De Wild.; Ficus chrysocerasus Welw. ex Warb.; Ficus excentrica Warb.; Ficus furcata Warb.; Ficus leprieurii Miq. .; Ficus triangularis Warb.); . Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Central African Republic, Angola, Benin, etc. as per Catalogue of…
Bignonia callistegioides Cham., Linnaea 7: 712 1832. (Syn: Bignonia lindleyi DC.; Bignonia picta Lindl. [Illegitimate]; Bignonia speciosa Graham; Bignonia speciosa Tweedie ex Hook.; Clytostoma callistegioides (Cham.) Baill. (Unresolved); Clytostoma uniflorum K.Schum. ex Bureau & K.Schum.; Cuspidaria callistegioides (Cham.) DC.; Pithecoctenium callistegioides (Cham.) Niederl.); Bolivia (Tarija), Argentina (Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Jujuy,…
Phlomis cashmeriana Royle ex Benth. , Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 382 1833. (Syn: Phlomis dichroa Rech.f.); Phlomis cashmeriana from Kashmir: Phlomis cashmeriana Royle ex Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 382 1833. syn: Phlomis dichroa Rech.f. Erect perennial herb Closer to P. bracteosa…
Month Best Set of Photographs in the Month Who photographed it September ORCHIDACEAE: Lady Slipper Orchids – Paphiopedilum druryi (Bedd.) Stein Dr. Pankaj Kumar October DV :: 2007 – 2011 :: Heterostemma dalzellii in and around Mumbai Dinesh Valke Flora of Haryana: Gloriosa suprba from Village Amin Kurukshetra Haryana Dr….
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Month Best Photo of the Month Who photographed it September Paphiopedilum venustumSlide10.jpg Dr. Pankaj Kumar October Trifolium repens.jpg | hoya-pubicalyx1.jpg Ritesh Choudhary | Prejith Sampath November Ptilotus obovatus Dr. Ushaprabha Page December Lantana alba /Caralluma indica Prasad Kumar Dash/Prabhu Kumar Photographer of the Year…
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Family fortnights & Stars/ Persons of the month/ fortnights- Links Heroes of efi site Star of the month and Most Interactive Person To encourage increased participation, it has been decided to nominate one person among moderators and one among the rest of the members every month based on the maximum…
Deutzia scabra Thunb., Nov. Gen. Pl. 19 1781. (Syn: Deutzia crenata var. thunbergiana (Maxim.) Zaik.; Deutzia scabra var. microcarpa (Nakai) Zaik.; Deutzia scabra var. thunbergiana Maxim.; Deutzia thunbergiana (Maxim.) C.K.Schneid. ex Koidz.); Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), Myanmar [Burma] (Chin), USA (I) (Connecticut (I), District of Columbia (I), Florida (I), Illinois…
Asystasia indica H.J.Chowdhery & Av.Bhattacharjee, Indian J. Forest. 29: 211 2006.; India (West Bengal) as per Catalogue of Life; Images by Somnath Paldas, Indentified by K. Manasi, Mayur Nandikar, S. Pardeshi, Ushadi & Hemson (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Request for ID , 2: pls help me with the ID &…
Sapindus trifoliatus L., Sp. pl. 1:367. 1753 (Syn: Sapindus abstergens Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.; Sapindus acutus Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.; Sapindus laurifolius Vahl; Sapindus mollis Bl.) as per Catalogue of Life; . India (Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Sri Lanka, Malesia (I),…
Limonium perezii (Stapf) F.T. Hubb., Rhodora 18(211): 158 158 1916. (syn: Statice perezii Stapf); Canary Isl. (Tenerife), USA (I) (California (I)) as per Catalogue of life; Plumbaginaceae and Primulaceae (incl. Myrsinaceae) Fortnight: Plumbaginaceae-Limonium perezzi Mountainview::SMP4 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4). Limonium perezzi Ornamental. Commonly observed…
Limonium sinuatum (L.) Mill. (Cultivated) (Moldavia, European Russia (widespread), Crimea, Georgia [Caucasus], Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar, France, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy, Serbia & Kosovo, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Slovakia, Aegaean Isl., Turkey (NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia), Cyprus (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, W-Cyprus), East Aegaean Isl. (Samos, Psara), Rhodos, Egypt (NE-Egypt, NW-coastal…
Pelargonium species flowers observed in SFO Bot park: Sharing some Pelargonium flowers from SFO Bot park.Family : Geraniaceae Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week: Geraniaceae Yellowstone3: 1 image. One more Geraniaceae from Yellowstone.
Ledebouria revoluta (L.f.) Jessop (Images by Dinesh Valke, Prashant Awale, Shubhada Nikharge, Prasad Dash & Alka Khare (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Ledebouria socialis (Baker) Jessop (Images by Nidhan Singh (Validated by Alastair Culham) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete…
Bidens bipinnata L., Sp. Pl.: 832 (1753) 832 1753. (Syn: Bidens bipinnata var. biternatoides Sherff; Bidens cicutifolia Tausch; Bidens decomposita Wall. ex DC. (ambiguous synonym); Bidens elongata Tausch; Bidens fervida; Bidens myrrhidifolia Tausch; Bidens pilosa var. bipinnata (L.) Hook. fil.; Bidens pilosa var. decomposita (Wall. ex DC.) Hook. fil.; Bidens…
Gasteria obliqua (Aiton) Duval, Pl. Succ. Horto Alencon. 6 1809. (Syn: Aloe bicolor (Haw.) Schult. & Schult.f.; Aloe boureana Schult. & Schult.f.; Aloe dictyodes Schult. & Schult.f.; Aloe formosa (Haw.) Schult. & Schult.f.; Aloe guttata Salm-Dyck; Aloe lingua Ker Gawl. [Illegitimate]; Aloe maculata Thunb. [Illegitimate]; Aloe maculata var. obliqua Aiton;…
Gasteria carinata var. verrucosa (Mill.) van Jaarsv. Gasteria obliqua (Aiton) Duval Gasteria species/ hybrids- Hong Kong Gasteria hybrid- Mumbai, Maharashtra